Crazy Sexy Gentle: How to Cleanse in 2013
January 7, 2013
Hi Sweet Friends, It’s about that time. The ole “New Year, New You” push. Like many, you may be feeling pressure to totally renovate your body, fit into smaller jeans, reverse the hands of time and grow shinier, thicker hair. I know I feel pressure to improve. It’s been awhile since I cleansed. I hear the silly voices of “should” in my mind. “Kris, you know you should clean it up a bit.” Heck I… Read More >
5 Tips to Make Changes That Stick
December 31, 2012
Hi Precious Pals, Happy (nearly) New Year! Tonight, I’ll be tooting my party horn and tossing virtual confetti towards the heavens. This is going to be a grrreat year for us both. I can feel it my bones. More than anything, tomorrow serves as a symbol — of expansive new beginnings. In the past, I’ve lunged upon New Year’s Day, beating it over the head with a bat and broom. (We all know how this… Read More >
The myth of finding your purpose
December 24, 2012
Hi Sweet Friend, Lately, I’ve been working on being softer towards myself. Kinder. Slower. Why? Because it just feels so darn good, but also because I’m feeling anxious. You might be feeling the same way. Anxiety is fairly common this time of year. There’s lots of pressure to party, socialize, buy and give the right stuff, pressure to map out the perfect 2013, and let’s not forget the nagging pressure to finally dump the junk… Read More >
Yes, You Are a Teacher
September 5, 2012
By Jen Louden
I know, all the way down to my purple nail-polished toes, you are a teacher. As in: You have something to share with the world that you care so much about, sometimes you think you’ll burst with your love and passion for what you love … and maybe, burst from frustration. Frustration, because you aren’t getting it out there. You aren’t sharing it. You aren’t taking your seat as a teacher. Yet. I was thrown… Read More >
Re-write Your Gospel
August 13, 2012
By Guest Blogger
I did something wonderful and adorably dorky tonight in the name of self-love. I worked on my new gospel. For 30 minutes on my car ride home, I spoke out every damn thing that went right. I accounted for every person I could think of who I met at the exact right time, who taught me exactly what I needed to learn. I channeled Al Green and transformed my ballads into sweet love songs. That… Read More >
When Jonesing for Sugar Teaches You the Secret to Life
August 6, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Sometimes I find myself staring into the depths of a pint of Cherry Garcia at eleven o’clock at night, wondering where all the ice cream went and when I started eating it. But for all the angst a gal can feel when her spoon scrapes the bottom of the carton, it was the cookie dough ice cream that taught me the secret of life. The first thing my wildly spiraling sugar cravings taught me is… Read More >
Are Competition Commandos Controlling Your Brain?
July 30, 2012
By Guest Blogger
It’s safe to say that I’ve been known to have a bad attitude when it comes to meeting new people. And though I’ve become more open over time, my husband is still programmed to say, “Babe, I know you don’t like new people, but there is someone you really have to meet.” Bizarre, right? What’s up with that? I’m a happy, outgoing, easy with a smile, kind of a person. I like people. My job… Read More >
Self-love Means More Than Taking a Bath
July 9, 2012
By Guest Blogger
I work for a career-change guidance organization, helping folks who have perhaps taken a path that doesn’t suit them and instead nudging them toward something more innately ‘them’. I am also on my own path of personal realignment. Frequently I have seen this type of self-directed change take a fairly long time, with some resistance. Speaking for myself, after eking out my passions, what I’d like to do, what I’m drawn to, there’s always been… Read More >
Crazy Sexy Solitude
June 27, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Being yourself is Crazy Sexy. We Crazy Sexy Life readers know this statement rings true. But why is it we sometimes feel blocked from fully being ourselves or muddled about who we really are in the first place? I talk to so many amazing women who tell me that they have a sense of their inner sexiness, but it gets trampled on and snuffed out by work stress, busyness, lack of play and general confusion.… Read More >
Healing the “wHOLE”
June 25, 2012
By Guest Blogger
I understand struggling with low esteem and having dampened spirits. I know from working through my own bewilderment the importance and healing power that came from valuing the “hole” that is part of my whole. And, through experiences with clients who have worked their way out of the hole, I observed the value of accepting each one’s individual hole. I applaud all of our grace and courage, while acknowledging the process does not always look… Read More >
Nothin’ Wrong With You, Baby
June 18, 2012
By Guest Blogger
The beauty industry would have us believe that we’re inherently flawed. We have poor genes, faulty willpower and –gasp! — our mothers’ thighs. The constant parade of unrealistic, Photoshopped bodies makes us look in the mirror and mentally flog ourselves for not having a similar physique. Is it any wonder that according to the National Eating Disorder Association, 10 million women and girls are struggling with anorexia or bulimia? Millions more suffer from compulsive and… Read More >
Love, MS and Letting go: a Discourse on the Heart (with a List to Match!)
June 12, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Love … Gorgeous love. We all crave it. We’re all terrified of losing it. We all struggle through the moments when we feel we don’t deserve it. We’re all capable of giving it … and receiving it. At times, it seems to vanish. We wonder why love has left us. But it never does … Love is expansive and complex. I grew up in a tough household. Out of some misguided belief that too many… Read More >
Fill Yourself Up From the Inside
June 8, 2012
By Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
Fabulous and fresh thinker — Do you know how to love yourself and feel loved each and every day, in a consistent way? Definition of self-love: You loving you, so you can love the world more. I’m inviting you to live like a “full cup of self-love, sharing the overflow with the world,” and not like a half-empty cup trying to get filled. And when you do feel half-empty, to use your transformational practices and… Read More >
Make Friends With Your Perfectionism
May 17, 2012
By Guest Blogger
Perfectionism can be a frustrating little pest. Wanting everything in our lives to be perfect is the quickest way to cultivate feelings of “I’m not good enough” down every corner we turn. Perfectionism can block us from being productive, intuitive, creative, and authentic. It can keep us from celebrating our progress. Perfectionism can also keep us from beginning something new or completing a project, for fear of not being the best. And it can keep… Read More >
Radical Self-Love
April 2, 2012
By Guest Blogger
For much of my life, my identity was wrapped up in achieving (more accurately, overachieving) and caring for others. Though neither professional success nor the genuine desire to help others are bad, “Am I enough?” kept popping up. Just me. Not the me who cares for people or the me with a killer C.V., but rather some core part of me that exists at a deeper level than these things I do. What about when… Read More >
Finding My Authentic Self
September 29, 2011
By Guest Blogger
I remember going to my parents’ house with a black and blue mark on my arm. As soon as my dad saw it he said, “What is this?” My response was, “Oh, my bike was leaning against the wall in my apartment and it fell on me.” He said, “Well, it looks like a hand mark.” I just denied it, but in reality my dad was right. My boyfriend at the time had grabbed my… Read More >
Become a Spirit Junkie
September 12, 2011
By Gabrielle Bernstein
For 20 years I kept a journal. I wrote about heartbreak, anxiety and eating disorders. I wrote about trying to quit drugs while high on drugs. Pages and pages are filled with self-loathing and self-doubt. My journal was my only outlet from the turmoil and deep-rooted pain I felt every day. I’d release my fears onto the page and get honest about my sadness as I scribbled over my tears. Today, my journal entries are… Read More >
How I Finally Learned to Be My Own Best Friend
August 29, 2011
By Guest Blogger
Kris Carr has taught us a lot about “being your own best friend,” but the concept didn’t click for me until I gave birth to my first child. On that day, I was faced with an experience so intense and immediate that there was nothing to do other than face it. I had to be my own cheerleader so that I didn’t crawl under the bed or dissolve into tears of frustration and fear. Now… Read More >
How to Choose Health (Especially When You Don’t Feel Like It)
June 21, 2011
By Guest Blogger
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: I don’t always feel like getting on my yoga mat. Or making dinner. Or shaking it at the gym. Or … well, I think you get my point. Sometimes I am too busy, or don’t feel well or just darn don’t feel like it. You see, I spent a long time dieting. I know a lot of people say that, but sometimes it’s hard to know… Read More >
What a Supermodel Taught Me About Comparing Yourself to Others
March 24, 2011
By Guest Blogger
by Nicole Burley, M.Ed A few months ago, I walked in to my yoga class and discovered that the woman on the mat next to me was a famous lingerie supermodel. Gulp. I knew her at once. She was one of those models who was so exotic and desirable that I actually knew her by name, not just by face. I had seen her on billboards all over Manhattan, pouting at me in her underwear, spilling… Read More >
